The video game industry is built on unsteady ground. Its tectonic plates constantly shift as this $100 billion global business expands to new platforms, publishers search for new revenue models, and studios rise and fall. The volatile but lucrative console market makes it hard for anyone but the most entrenched development teams to maintain solid footing over a long period of time. Why spend hundreds of millions of dollars on novel new ideas that could fail in this hypercompetitive landscape when you could sink more marketing and funding into sure bets like Madden, Call of Duty, and World of Warcraft, making them living services that continue to receive new content throughout the year?

The argument makes sense from a short-term business perspective, but playing it safe stifles innovation, which could hurt these companies and brands in the long run. This leaves the door wide open for a disruptor like Private Division to emerge. This new Take-Two publishing label stands alongside Rockstar and 2K Games, but it plays by much different rules. Rather than going big with benchmark-setting endeavors like Grand Theft Auto or supporting perennial juggernauts like NBA 2K, the new label’s directive is to identify smaller teams of experienced developers with great ideas, fund their projects, and in a surprise twist, let the studios keep the rights to the intellectual property.

A warning to all TV watchers: If a commercials for Star Wars: The Last Jedi pops up, do everything you can to avoid it. We're just a few days away from the movie opening in theaters, and Lucasfilm's advertising department is starting to include major spoilers in the TV spots. One in particular involving Rey has appeared in the latest batch of commercials. The clip is something I did not expect to see in the film, yet here it is for all to see in a TV spot. I also have to issue an additional warning about social media. Some press outlets and lucky Star Wars fans have already seen the film, and I wouldn't be surprised if spoilers start appearing on Facebook and Twitter. Basically, avoid all forms of technology until you see the film. You may also want to avoid any form of contact with people who may be Star Wars fans.

Over the course of Mega Man's 30-year history, the adorable blue robot has worked his way through more than 130 evil robots. You might think Capcom was starting to run out of ideas (the last Mega Man game included a character called Sheep Man, after all), but Mega Man 11's Robot Masters are as inventive as ever. Unfortunately, Capcom is being tight-lipped about these new bots, so we've scraped together every little detail we could collect related to Mega Man's stylish foes.

Like usual, Mega Man 11 will feature eight Robot Masters - And you will be able to choose the order that you tackle each boss from the start of the game.

The robot master pictured above isn't Brick Man - This is the only Robot Master that Capcom has shown off so far. He was originally called Renga Man, which translates into Brick Man, but his official name is now different. Capcom also said that out of all the robot masters, he was the most energetic and adored by Dr. Light.

PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds is now available on Xbox One as part of Microsoft's Game Preview program. We loaded it up on an Xbox One X to see how the wildly popular PC game holds up on console. Can Leo survive to become the sole survivor? Dan Tack and I watch with bated breath to see how long he lasts – and whether the game's worth checking out on Xbox One.

As you'll immediately see, the framerate ain't so great on Xbox One X, even with the console's additional horsepower. That doesn't mean that the game's a bust. The gameplay is identical, even if you're using a gamepad instead of a keyboard and mouse. That seems to be a little bit of a sticking point for Our Hero Leo, as you can see in the video below. But don't count him out just yet...

Curse of Osiris, the first expansion to Destiny 2, released last week. I’ve been playing a lot in the lead-up to writing a review, which I’m waiting to finalize until after the patch that goes live this week, an addition that promises to add significant features that should be factored into a full evaluation.

In the meantime, I’ve watched with great amusement the saga of the Prometheus Lens, the brand new exotic trace rifle that appeared alongside the expansion – a flame ray-firing beam of disaster. As early as launch day, a few players had been lucky enough to get the weapon to drop, and it didn’t take long for the competitive Crucible to see its power. Bungie quickly recognized the problem of the overpowered gun, and the developer acknowledged a bug that boosts Prometheus Lens’ destructive capability. This thing was a beast, boasting a time-to-kill unheard of in the current meta, and making virtually any other weapon (or even super) feel pale in comparison for pure winning potential.

The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild's Champions' Ballad DLC adds a motorcycle to the game. If that's not a reason to try and pull off the sickest stunts in all of Hyrule, then what are we even doing here?

To acquire the motorcyle, (A.K.A. the Master Cycle Zero) you must play through the new DLC in its entirety. It's an impressive unlock for the game and it really changes exploration in radical ways. We decided to put the cycle to the test by pulling off sick wheelies, sick jumps, sick experiments, sick combat, and a whole lot more. We even get into some sick spoilers, so be wary if you haven't defeated Ganondorf yet, or you want to keep the DLC a surpise.

You can watch the video below with Benjamin Reeves, Leo Vader, and me to see just how sick Breath of the Wild can get.

MICROTRANSACTIONS It's a dirty word these days, but the truth is sports gamers have been more or less comfortably living with microtransactions for years thanks to the various Ultimate Team-type modes most sports titles have these days. So the question becomes whether the existing model will change at all and possibly become more insidious.

Take-Two and Visual Concepts already stirred trouble with NBA 2K18's aggressive VC requirements and overall MyCareer grind, so it's crucial that NBA 2K19 offer a smoother progression path. The larger question, however, is which company is going to be the first to step out and possibly take microtransactions in a new direction? Will we see a title in 2018 introduce microtransactions into their GM/Franchise mode, for instance?

Last month we took a look at a handful of 3DO games and we were so blown away that we decided to come back for a second round. And there is a good chance we will come back for a third at some point. We love it that much.

The 3DO is a strange system, but it did have some smart ideas – like the ability to daisy-chain multiple controllers for multiplayer, and the presence of a headphone jack on the controller, which is something we wouldn't see again until the Wii U in 2012. It also, for some strange reason, has more FMV games than any platform in history. I haven't done the research to back up that statement, but I feel in my heart that is true.

A new map is now live on PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds, letting players take on 99 opponents in the Miramar desert. Dan Tack and I watched Leo Vader do his darndest to come out on top in a couple of live matches. Did he earn a chicken dinner for his trouble? Do you think we'd tell you here if he did?

Take a look at the video below to see some of the game's new weapons (sawed-off shotguns!) and vehicles (VW van clone!) in action, set against the game's all-new desert backdrop. Plus, we take an extensive look at the killcam to see what – if anything – went wrong during Leo's playthrough. Not that anything went wrong, of course.

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